083 is probably D83.
http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml...ernalDateCodes
It was built in 73, so that matches.
The number that matters here is the part #, 3970016.
Google shows that it's a bare 4" block, no pistons or crank. Should be all ready to go if there are no rust issues.
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Originally Posted by NorCam
No one knows why they stamped the codes with the spacing on the last 2 characters but that's the way they were stamped.
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That's easy. They did that so they wouldn't have to keep changing the gang stamp.